Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti laptop specs leak: Not already shelled out for a 2016 gaming laptop? You might save some cash by waiting just a little bit longer, as the cheapest gaming notebooks of this generation look like they’re nearly here.

Why? We now appear to have confirmation that Nvidia’s 1080p-friendly GTX 1050 Ti graphics card will soon be seen in laptop trim.

This is a pretty big deal, as the GTX 1050 Ti was the first of Nvidia’s 2016 graphics cards to offer compelling Full HD performance for under £150 – £139, to be exact – and would likely mean some of the best-performing sub-£1,000 gaming laptops will go on sale in early 2017.

That’s significantly more affordable than the next model up in its range, the GTX 1060, which starts at around £200 for a 3GB model.

LaptopMedia has the scoop, showing off benchmarks for what it claims is an unreleased laptop with a GTX 1050 Ti inside. If the numbers are real, we’re looking at the sort of performance you’ll find in proper mid-range gaming laptops that will ship for under £1,000.

Up until now, we’ve not seen many Nvidia 10-series laptops available for under £1,500, which prices many buyers out of the market completely, forcing them to opt for machines with old-gen Nvidia chips like the 970M and 980M.

What’s more, the benchmarks are pegging the 1050 Ti at 10% faster than the previous-generation GTX 970M, which was found on laptops starting at around £1,000.

Laptop manufacturers have seemingly been unwilling to produce gaming notebooks with 10-series graphics AND lower-end processors, but hopefully the mid-tier performance and ultra-low power consumption of the GTX 1050 Ti will reduce costs and allow them to drop pricing down to more mid-range levels.Watch: How to choose a new laptop

According to the leaked benchmarks, the laptop version of the GTX 1050 Ti has a slightly higher clock speed than the desktop version, with the base speed starting at 1,490MHz and a maximum boost speed of 1,624MHz. Whether that specification makes it to market remains to be seen, but it’s promising nonetheless.

Apparent confirmation of cheaper gaming laptops that still manage to perform at a decent clip?

That’s always good news.

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